[Aztlan] Seeking whereabouts of Uxmal Altar 10

[Miguel Covarrubias]

Hi listeros,

The "Museo del Pueblo Maya" at Dzibilchaltun was partially destroyed in 2002
by Hurricane Isidore. Despite that, none of the sculptures were damaged. The
reconstruction took 3 years and now it has anti-hurricane devices. The
museological text of the archaeological section was improved and the
collection enriched, with respect of the museographical style, but giving a
broad view of the history an development of northern maya society from it's
beginings to the present. I encourage you to visit it if you come to Merida.


Saludos

Miguel


2008/1/22, David Hixson <aztlandave at yahoo.com>:
>
> P.S. I realize that the photograph I uploaded was
> taken from the rear of the display, so the vertical
> inscription is not visible (you may even note the
> glare of the glass on the lens).  However, I still
> believe this is where you will find Uxmal monument 10
> (most likely the left side of this image).
>
> http://www.famsi.org/aztlan/uploads/Dzib-museum-uxmal-altars.jpg
>
> The Dzibilchaltun museum is amazing (and only a half
> hour from Merida), although I heard it had some damage
> in a hurricane not that many years ago.
>
> Along with the Maya sculpture garden, they used the
> funds to create a walking-tour of a botanical garden
> displaying native plants and trees from northern
> Yucatan (best viewed in the rainy season - the dry
> season tour looks pretty brown ;-)
>
> The only other botanical garden that would compare is
> at the private hotel "Hacienda Santa Rosa" just west
> of Maxcanu, Yucatan.  Ask the hotel steward for a
> CD-ROM of the botanical catalog (in Spanish).
>
> -Dave
>
>
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